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A towering wooden shrine burns during the Dōsojin Fire Festival in Nozawa Onsen, flames climbing into the night as lanterns and ornaments glow above a packed crowd watching from below.

Inside Japan’s Dōsojin Fire Festival in Nozawa Onsen

A couple weeks ago, I found myself standing in the cold, in the dark, and on a sheet of ice. I was surrounded by smoke, chanting, fireworks, and a frankly alarming amount of fire. This isn’t a typical travel experience for me. And yet, there I was, watching the Dōsojin […]

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Person standing in an empty, graffiti-covered, abandoned swimming pool beneath a rusted metal roof frame, with vegetation growing through cracks and a view of distant hills under a bright sky.

Ghosts of the Adriatic: Exploring Hotel Belvedere Dubrovnik

I had only just arrived in Dubrovnik the night before, but jet lag had me out of bed before sunrise. By ten in the morning, I had already walked the city walls, photographed the glimmering limestone streets of the Old Town, and drained the adrenaline of arrival into a kind […]

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Amazon Overnight Boat Tour in the Bolivian Jungle

In 2014, I made the trip to South America with a group of friends. Part of it took me to Bolivia with Matt, a friend from high school, and Julia, my oldest and closest friend. After winding our way through the country, we found ourselves in Trinidad, a small town […]

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